NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell signs 5-year contract extension

Associated Press

Updated 7:57 pm, Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Roger Goodell has signed a five-year contract extension to remain commissioner of the NFL through 2024.

A memo from the NFL’s compensation committee to team owners and obtained Wednesday by the Associated Press confirms that Goodell and committee chairman Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons, have signed the extension.

All 32 owners approved in May the compensation committee’s power to negotiate and sign a deal with Goodell, who replaced Paul Tagliabue in 2006. Since then, the league’s total revenues have more than doubled to $14 billion.

A person familiar with the incentive-based contract said it is worth almost $200 million, with a base of $40 million.

Among those incentives are continued increases in revenues, stable or rising television ratings, a new labor agreement with the players — the NFL’s deal with the NFL Players Association expires in 2021 — and how much the NFL gets in rights fees when it renews its broadcast contracts.

Goodell earned nearly $32 million in 2015, the last year in which public records for the NFL are available.

Rams practice indoors: The Rams decided not to practice outdoors Wednesday because of poor air quality around their training complex in Ventura County, where a wildfire has burned more than 65,000 acres.

The resulting smoke caused head coach Sean McVay to skip practice in favor of a walk-through indoors at nearby Cal Lutheran University.

The Rams (9-3) intend to practice on their fields as normal Thursday while they prepare for their game with Philadelphia (10-2) at the Coliseum on Sunday.

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